SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials in northern Utah say they've confirmed five measles cases in Cache County.The Bear River Heath Department confirmed its first case in early June in a child believed to have been exposed in mid-May.
Department spokeswoman Jill Parker says the four new patients came in contact with the child.
Parker says epidemiologists don't know how the child contracted the highly contagious disease.
She says persons born after 1957 who haven't received two doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine should get immunized.
Health officials say anyone who becomes sick should isolate themselves from others and seek medical attention.
Measles symptoms can include fever, runny nose, cough, eye inflammation and rash all over the body. A small fraction of people can develop pneumonia or encephalitis.Source
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